chippy @ SIAlumni

Annie Leibovitz DVD

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:06:04 EDT

G'day all Just thought I would share this with you all. I just saw a great DVD on Annie and it was great in discussing her process and how she thinks a shot through. The extras were really good in this regard. I found it interesting and certainly took away some things I need to do. It was...

Signing Prints

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:12:27 EDT

Hi all Just after some thoughts and advice on the signing of prints for gallery work. I recently had a show and one comment I got from a buyer was they did not like my signature and text on the bottom of the mat. OK I can do special editions for them but how else do we go about identifying our...

Air Travel Hell

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:49:59 EDT

G'day All Firstly sorry I have not had much time of late to even enter my own idea for the monthly assignment. Things here have been a lot nuts at the moment. Anyhoo for any of you like me that are forced to suffer the outrages slings and arrows and outrageous fortunes of having to fly anywhere...

Kirra Surf

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:33:51 EDT

Ok it was actually early March but the strong high pressure systems were pushing 4m+ (13 foot) swells onto the coast. The surf was awesome. Here was one of my better shots as the surf at Kirra. The only adjustments are endpoints and curve. Chippy

Victoria Harbour Night shot

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:03:05 EST

I decided I needed to break the mold of shooting everything at low ISO and on a tripod. I am so adicted to my tripod I am sure it is sulking because I did not use it for these shots. So I am hand holding, shoting with a 400 ISO and for the second image I used 100 ISO and zoomed out just at the end...

Happy Holidays

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:32:16 EST

G'day all I would just like to take the time to wish each and evry one of you the best at this time of the year. I hope this has been a good year for you and your loved ones. I would like to thank you all for the help you have offered here over the year and the wonderful images you have shared. I...

Converting to B&W

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:03:54 EST

G'day Everyone I was wondering if there is a definative answer to the question of converting colour Digital files to B&W? I have seen so many ways to do it that I am totaly confused and wishing I had a film camera and a dark room here. Can anyone please help me with a way to convert to B&W and...

Castle Lighting 3

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:43:56 EST

Castle lighting 2

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:43:10 EST

Castle lighting

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:39:49 EST

The new cstle lighting show. 1st night it was all working.

Pin Hole

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:49:21 EST

G'day everyone. I just wanted to share a link to a site with everyone. In one of lifes quirky turns I have been introduced to one of the most wonderful little pin hole cameras. Whilst sat in a cold boring control room trying to program a show one of our Audio specialists and I got chatting and...

no motion

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:55:46 EDT

I thought I would take the track of showing no motion..... Ok so I cheated and this is actualy a phone that was put up about 3 weeks ago in our Haunted Hotel but I kept walking past it thinking it does not show motion. So I am entering it showing no motion as a way to show the motion of Passing...

Great Resource

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:49:34 EDT

G'day all I am doing a big project in Hong Kong at the moment and came across this website. It is products I have used for a long time but never used their website. There is some great information in it. I just used 8 of their Sonpack 25/40 series. I am using the 400w Metal Halied discharge lamps...

Hong Kong Shapes

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:35:05 EDT

Ok I get the assignement is shapes and I should be looking for shapes of extraordinary grandure but wow only in Asia can you have a Mickey Mouse Maze. Hope this qualifies.

Drought Breaker

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:14:54 EDT

Well as people may or may not know Australia has been going through a decade long drought with some towns actually completely running out of water. At the moment the water restrictions allow only 140 litres of water per person per day total. (28 gallons per person per day total) So originally my...

Urgent help needed. Damaged skin repair help.

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:28:12 EDT

Hi all. I need urgent and desperate help in the repair of damaged skin. I have a young mother who is a model and she is suffering from the stretch marks from her baby and I am struggeling badly trying to remove the marks. I am really strugeling trying to blend the light from the damaged skin. Patch

Happy New Year

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:48:53 EST

Hi everyone Just wanting to wish everyone a great New Year and I hope only the best things life has to offer come your way. Here is to an amazing 2007. Chippy

Losing my mind twice

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:05:53 EST

Ok so this I guess is not really asignment work but I need a drink...... Where did I put it????

Kids

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:03:33 EST

This is my Nieces. Doing the family a favor at Christmas. Losing my mind.........

Arches National Park 6

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:03:03 EST

This is my absolute favorite of the trip. It was pouring rain and I had only a very short time to shoot. There are a load of Images I have with raindrops on the lense. The truely special thing with this was right up in the Window was an older Indian gentleman playing his flute. Truely a magical...